These are some of our favorite first lines from your ROUGH drafts:


The crowds excited chatter all blends into one continuous buzz and the squeak of sneakers on wood is high pitched and grating.

The grand staircase, as it is called, loomed before me, monolithic in its size.

I am most myself when I am pretending to be someone else.

I had always considered myself to be good at math and my math class at the time was rather boring.


What if a security camera recorded it? what if they convict me? what if...

As I looked out I saw a gorgeous field with the dew still clinging to the grass. At this moment I knew what was about to happen.